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A study led by Carola Grebitus, assistant professor of food industry management at the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University, conducted an online experiment using 663 beef-eating consumers and recently…

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Certain foods can stimulate the feel good parts of your brain. And other foods have the opposite effect. So during this sometimes-stressful time of the year, what foods will contribute to a good mood? Find out here.

Chocolate! It's not your imagination, chocolate is a known joy stimulant.…

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Hydroponics have been around for a long time. Back when I was in college it was thought to be the next big thing for produce with companies like Campbell’s rolling out hydroponically grown tomatoes. But it never seems to catch on.

At a meeting of the National Organic Standards Board in Jacksonville,…

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Supermarkets have a unique opportunity over these holiday months to really show their stuff to customers - both present and potential customers with showing off their foods. After all, if you can get someone to come in and buy your foods for some of the most important food events of the year - it…

Nestlé has committed to removing all artificial flavors and FDA-certified colors, like Red 40 and Yellow 5, from all Nestlé chocolate candy sold in the U.S. by the end of 2015.

Breyer's Ice Cream

Unilever announces that their brand Breyers will move to using milk and cream from cows not treated with artificial growth hormones across all of its product offerings. And in addition, the brand will begin using vanilla from sustainably sourced and Rainforest Alliance Certified vanilla beans from Madagascar across all of its varieties.

Wendy's

To remove soda listing from kids' meal menus

Seattle Ban on Throwing Food Away in Trash

The "composting requirement ordinance" prohibits food and food-contaminated cardboard from the garbage.

Subway

Offering chicken strips free of artificial preservatives and flavors.

Carl's Jr.

Introduced an “all-natural” burger with no added hormones, antibiotics or steroids.